Tony wants to wind back the clock and repeal so much more.

[carls*world]

Australia To Reinstate Imperial Measurement System

Australia will revert to using miles, ounces, yards and furlongs next year, more than 40 years after the imperial system was first phased out in favour of metric measurements.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott made the announcement late yesterday as part of his broader plan to return to colonial era thinking.

Read more here...... http://www.theshovel.com.au/2014/03/25/australia-to-reinstate-imperial-measurement-system/

Yes, it's purely satirical

[fiestas*girl]

i said in the lead up to the election abbitt would reintroduce the dark ages of stepford...

and so it begins. yesterday it was knights and dames....what next

[boris1gary]

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@fiestas*girl wrote:

i said in the lead up to the election abbitt would reintroduce the dark ages of stepford...

and so it begins. yesterday it was knights and dames....what next

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I don't know, we could soon have a Sir Bigot, I'm pretty confident it will get worse before we see their exit from government.

[joz*garage]

oh good, i could never get used to the metric system, i know it but.. i always revert to the english one

only just today i wipped out the old tape measure for something in feet and inches

[*crikey*mate*]

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@punch*drunk wrote:

I still use inches and feet  

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me too, from my father I think - learned metric at school

weighing stuff in pounds and ounces

my car log is done in Miles to the gallon

measuring in feet and inches

[*crikey*mate*]

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@joz*garage wrote:

oh good, i could never get used to the metric system, i know it but.. i always revert to the english one

only just today i wipped out the old tape measure for something in feet and inches

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*smirk*

you joining a dating site?

RUNS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[joz*garage]

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@diamond-halo wrote:

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@joz*garage wrote:

oh good, i could never get used to the metric system, i know it but.. i always revert to the english one

only just today i wipped out the old tape measure for something in feet and inches

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*smirk*

you joining a dating site?

RUNS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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i knew that would cross your mind  it did mine too 

im building a bike repair stand, out of scrap metal i got lying around

[*crikey*mate*]

sure ya are LOLOLOL

[carls*world]

Much the same really. Someone says they need say, a hose clamp for 76mm hose........ I just don't picture it right, mind does mental conversion to 3" and no probs.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@fiestas*girl wrote:

i said in the lead up to the election abbitt would reintroduce the dark ages of stepford...

and so it begins. yesterday it was knights and dames....what next

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Once a king, always a king; but once a (k)night's enough.

[spotweldersfriend]

I hope Tone resurrects Cobb & Co.I relish the idea of being chauffered by Peter Graves.